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IN TODAY'S PAPER
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CITY NEWSLINES
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WEEKLY FEATURES
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| The commutwits’ triumph |
| Nandigram is supposed to have taught the reactionaries a lesson |
| In Godhra, some people detached a bogie of a train in February 2002, locked in the passengers and burnt them. The perpetrators were never conclusively identified. The Hindutwits claimed that the murderers were Muslims, and called for retribution. It ... | Read.. |
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| Party power |
| Sir — Rudrangshu Mukherjee has made some bold, lucid and timely statements in “Where party rules” ( ... | Read.. |
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| Parting shot |
| Sir — The editorial, “Home on a loan” (Nov 12), touches on a fear most Indian homeowners are bound ... | Read.. |
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| ONE MORE TIME |
| In a democracy, even a heated political controversy needs to follow certain codes — of decorum, propriety and taste. The comm...| Read.. |
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| FRESH LIFE |
| It has been a long battle. The point of the battle would seem simple enough — that the adoption law in India should be equall...| Read.. |
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| Sailing Out To Nowhere |
| The All India Congress Committee session in Delhi, on November 17, was significant compared to other such ‘sessions’, but as ... | Read.. |
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| Back on the streets again |
| They are the privileged minority. The ‘faces’ of society, these individuals — because they have the power that comes with greater visibility — are perhaps a little less a part... | Read.. |
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| Writers and egotists |
| The public persona of the recently deceased Norman Mailer was always bigger than his reputation as a writer. One of the first to be considered a ‘celebrity’ writer, Mailer wan... | Read.. |
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| Coming to a head |
| When was the last time Calcutta — or for that matter any Indian city — felt the need to express solidarity with a village' Most people point to the Naxal movement of the late ... | Read.. |
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| THE NEW LEFT |
| It began, in a major way, with Rizwanur Rahman. First, the candlelight vigils and silent congregations. Then the St Xavier’s College pavement resounded with poems, songs and m... | Read.. |
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| There is no such thing as the State/ And no one exists alone;/ Hunger allows no choice/ To the citizen or the police;/ We must love one another or die. — W.H. AUDEN |
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